Mount Pinatubo

Mount Pinatubo is an infrequently active stratovolcano in the Cabusilan Mountains on the island of Luzon, near the tripoint of the Philippine provinces of Zambales, Tarlac, and Pampanga.

Before the volcanic activities of 1991, its eruptive history was unknown to most people. It was heavily eroded, inconspicuous and obscured from view. It was covered with dense forest which supporte ...

d a population of several thousand indigenous people, the Aetas, who fled to the mountains during the Spanish conquest of the Philippines.

But a documentary on GMA Public Affairs' Tunay na Buhay showed that the journey getting there did not start on the first day of school several years ago. Having an education was something Norman struggled for his whole life.

Norman was born in 1988 at the foot of Mount Pinatubo, merely three years before the d ...

For A deeper understanding of culture, the Cordillera News Agency in tandem with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts conducted the first "Luzon Cultural Sensitivity Training."

The training aims to put into proper perspective how indigenous peoples groups (IPs) should be reported on, the manner of reporting which highlights the role of arts, culture and heritage in the entire island cluster of Luzon.

The training gathers over 100 media practitioners, bloggers, educators and information officers for a 2-day training held on Monday, July 3, and Tuesday, July 4, to craft the fi ...

It's not too difficult to find Norman King in Barangay Macapagal, a settlement put up by former first lady Imelda Marcos on a hill at the northern side of this former United States military base-turned-economic zone.

Pointing to the King family home, an "unat" (lowlander) running a tricycle repair shop nearby described King as "the 'kulot' (Aeta) who recently graduated from UP (the University of the Philippines)."

It's a distinction that the Aeta community around Mt. Pinatubo wears with pride. No other Aeta has been known to have graduated from the state university before King, who obtai ...

Mount Pinatubo is one of the most picturesque volcanoes in the Philippines. With that said, it has also one of the more popular volcano crater lakes in the country. Hiking to these nature's work-of-art is very tiring but the destination is surprising. You would have that feeling of re-connection with nature once you set foot on Mount Pinatubo's viewing deck.

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1. In 2013, Congressman Joseller "Yeng" Guiao of the 1st district of Pampanga presented to Congress the need to safeguard and preserve the historical significance and natural environment of the legendary Mount Pinatubo volcano from further destructive practices and unfettered development. The objective of the bill is to make Mount Pinatubo more attractive to tourists, both local and foreign, while at the same time protecting and preserving its bare natural assets and resources, with the assistance of the local Aetas, for the sake of future generations.